Dikshit to file nomination papers today

[FarCenter]

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/002200811100311.htm

New Delhi (PTI): Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and several political heavyweights will file their nomination papers on Monday to contest the Delhi assembly elections taking place on November 29.

Others who will file their nomination papers include Delhi Speaker Chaudhary Prem Singh (Ambedkar Nagar seat), state ministers Arvinder Singh Lovely (Gandhi Nagar), AK Walia (Laxmi Nagar) and Haroon Yusuf (Balli Maran).

A spokesperson from the Chief Minister's Office said that the Chief Minister will file her papers for New Delhi Constituency before Additional District Magistrate Bansh Raj at Jam Nagar house at Shahjahan Road.

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I didn't know they had Republicans in India...

[Gman]

1. Fortunately for Dikshit

he didn't have to grow up in America with that last name. He probably has no idea how lucky he is.

[Jim Sagle]

3. At least, if my job is outsourced, it won't be to him.

;)

[salguine]

2. Who's she trying to unseat? Joseph Askraq?

[MercutioATC]

4. ...and Obama thinks HIS name was a handicap?

[rug]

5. I knew Jakshit, Jakshit was a friend of mine. He's no Jakshit.

[bertman]

6. I know a bunch of Dikshits, but they're all Merkans.

[d_b]

7. wtg, dikshit.

[Vektor]

8. Oh, I clicked, thinking this was going to be an article about Norm Coleman.

Dikshit? My god, what an unfortunate name.

[LeftishBrit]

9. Actually despite the unfortunate-sounding name...

she sounds like a good person:

According to Wikipedia:

'Smt. Sheila Dikshit has championed the cause of women at various fora and in various capacities. She has also been a leading figure in the movement for granting of equal rights to women. She represented India on the U.N. Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984 - 89). In Uttar Pradesh, she along with her 82 colleagues were jailed in August 1990 for 23 days by the state government when she led a movement against the atrocities being committed on women. Electrified by this, lakhs of citizens all over UP joined the movement and coured arrest. Earlier, in the early 1970s, she was chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in the setting up two of most successful hostels for working women in Delhi.

She is also the Secretary of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. The trust has come to play a leading role in promotion of international understanding. It presents the Indira Gandhi Award for Peace, Disarmament and Development and Organises conferences on issues of the global concern. Under his aegis an Environmental Center has been setup at the trust.

She has been especially intrested in the promotion of handicrafts and rural artisans all over the country. Promotion of the folk theatre has been one of her abiding commitments over the years . Between 1978 to 1984, in her capacity as the executive secretary of the Garment Exporter's Association, she played a leading role in taking garments exports to unprecedented levels.

She is strongly committed to Secularism and has from every platform fought against the rise of communal forces.'



Well, if she's committed to Secularism, she certainly couldn't be a Republican!

[LeftishBrit]

10. Well, as someone who works in education in Britain...

let me inform you that our education secretary is called Balls!

And until a couple of weeks ago, his deputy was called Adonis.